Bark - barque
From Hull AWE
Three meanings of bark form one of the sets of homophones listed by the then Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.
(For more, see Bridges homophones). AWE has a category listing our articles on each of these..
Bridges notes them as 'dog', 'tree' and 'boat'.
- AWE has articles on
- the nautical meanings of bark and barque (and barge) at Barge - bark - barque.
- The various meanings, on land, of bark as a noun and a verb at bark
